Senator William Allison, who chaired the Senate Committee on Appropriations from 1881 to 1893 and again from 1896 to 1908, established a record as the longest-serving chairman of a standing committee, almost twenty-five years.

Frescos: Cession of Louisiana by Constantino Brumidi (Senate wing, first floor, north corridor

Portraits: William B. Allison by Willbur A. Reaser (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor); David B. Henderson by Freeman Thorp (House wing, second floor, Speaker's Lobby); James W. Good by John C. Johansen (House wing, H-217).

Unusual Facts

Senator Augustus C. Dodge represented Iowa during the Thirtieth to Thirty-third congresses, at the same time that his father, Henry Dodge, represented Wisconsin in the Senate during the Thirtieth to Thirty-fourth congresses. They were the only father and son to serve simultaneously in the Senate.